Commissioners Larry Walsh cited the green belt in the Gardnerville Ranchos as an example of why not to include it in the Valley Knolls plan.

"I think we need a park," he said. "I've got a hang-up with the lack of secondary access. That does bother me."

Walsh said that the multi-family residential should be included through the planning process.

Commissioner Barry Penzel said he thinks the project should be done, but not as presented on Thursday.

He said the developer should coordinate with the Indian Hills General Improvement District.

"Folks in the GID are right across the street," he said. "Their facilities will have some impact and use, and it wasn't even addressed."

Much of the land north of Sunridge on the east side of Highway 395 is planned for some sort of development, including 101 acres to the north of Valley Knolls and the land to the west, where the former Riverwood commercial project was approved.

The development agreement approved a decade ago for that project was repealed by county commissioners on Thursday.